A MAN who stabbed his ex partner and left her permanently scarred in an attack at a house in Garelochhead will have to wait until the new year to learn his punishment.
Andrew Wynne, 36, appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week having previously admitted seriously assaulting the woman on July 31 last year.
Wynee, of Newton Church Road, Dalkeith, threw a chair at the women, hit her on the head with the chair, then stabbed her with a knife or similar instrument, to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement, at a property in the village's Greenfield Way.
On the same date, he also failed to tell police who had been at the wheel of a vehicle whose driver was alleged to have been drink driving.
Wynne, who pleaded guilty to the offence in March, just before the pandemic lockdown, returned to court last week.
But his sentence had to be further deferred as he still hasn't completed hours of unpaid work from a previous community payback order (CPO) imposed for a separate offence.
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The CPO is from a different court in Scotland, so the court was unable to tell the Advertiser the nature of the other charges or full punishment.
Commenting on the Garelochhead case, defence solicitor Jonathan Paul told a hearing on November 3: "His position was his behaviour was a one-off."
Sheriff William Gallacher questioned what choice he had, given Wynne still had incomplete unpaid hours left from the other CPO.
He said: "I'm telling you I don't consider the outstanding hours are adequate to the severity of the offence – however much impact that may have on the accuse and his family and employment.
"What else do I do? Had it been there was no Covid, there would be no reason why the hours imposed in February could not be completed.
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"In part his choices will have contributed. Clearly he cannot fulful his responsibility to unpaid work."
Mr Paul said: "He has put his head down and is trying to provide for his family. He has not been able to eat into the 155 hours at all since February."
Sheriff Gallacher told Wynne to complete the remaining hours and return to court on February 2, 2021.
He said: "Your positions is much, much better. This was a shocking incident involving your ex partner.
"It's in your interest to make contact with unpaid work supervisors to complete as much as you can to improve your position."
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